Contemporary changes and civil society in Portugal and the Russian Federation

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ID6145461
AutoresJosé Luís Casanova (Department of Sociology, University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal), José Casanova (0000-0001-5120-2057, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, autor de correspondencia), Maria Das Dores Guerreiro (Department of Sociology, University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal), Maria Das Dores Horta Guerreiro (0000-0002-6990-5604, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa), Irina Pervova (0000-0001-7000-4398, Department of Social Service, State University of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Año2018
Volumen20
Número3
Páginas277-295
Fecha de publicación2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Politics and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2374-5126 • E-ISSN: 2374-5118
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23745118.2018.1502106
OpenAlexW2886907185
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas16

Portugal and the Russian Federation share some aspects of traditional culture and similar experiences in modern history, but they also exhibit significant differences that determine specific modes of civil society’s development.Results of a comparative and diachronic analysis show that the major differences between the two countries reside in civil society’s openness and composition. Organized civil society is not very distinct in relative size when comparing Portugal and the Russian Federation, but it is globally more autonomous, expressive, trusted and institutionalized in Portugal than in the Russian Federation and among the factors that contribute to this condition are an earlier and revolutionary transition to democracy, a larger middle class, a greater prevalence of the value of interdependence, and a regime that endorses bigger public social expenditure in Portugal, all this within the framework of the European Union that has a longer history of social demand and institutional incentives for civil society. Despite those unequal conditions, civil society faces similar current challenges in both countries, mainly with the outsourcing of the public provision of social services

Civil society · Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · European union · Incentive · Market economy · Openness to experience · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Law · Social Capital and Networks